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}}The body of a pageant girl discovered in a suitcase on a bus puts the detectives on the hunt for a serial paedophile with a fetish for child pageants,
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== Summary ==
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After what is thought to be an initial bomb threat on a Manhattan public bus the NYPD bomb squad uncovers an eight-year-old girl’s body found in a suitcase. The case is handed over to SVU and after discovering that the girl was a beauty queen the detectives hunt for a paedophile with a fetish for child pageants.
   
 
== Plot ==
  
== Plot ==
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On a field trip, a student tells his teacher about a suitcase he found. The teacher immediately contacts NYPD to call the bomb squad out. The police find the body of a little girl inside the suit-case. The case is then handed over to Detectives Stabler and Benson. They discover that the girl was on the beauty pageant circuit.
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A 9 year old child's asphyxiated body is found in a suitcase on a bus, with evidence of having been in the Everglades. The coroner found she had a quality nose job. Benson & Stabler find she was a regular beauty pageant contestant. A suspect (Tommy Hedges)'s computer is found with a juvenile kidnap, rape and murder how-to, apparently perfectly legal, because created using legal age models whose images were manipulated by software to make them look much younger. In the end, the CEO is found guilty as an accessory to the murder of the girl (although his attorney has filed an appeal), whilst Tommy is serving 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder.
  
   
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The child's asphyxiated body is found with evidence of having been in the Everglades. The coroner found she had a quality nose job. Benson and Stabler find she was a regular beauty pageant contestant. The computer of a suspect, [[Tommy Hedges]], is found with an instruction manual on how to kidnap, rape, and murder children. The manual is apparently perfectly legal, because it was created using legal-age models whose images were manipulated by software to make them look much younger.
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== Summary ==
  
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Tommy confessed to the murder but says he wouldn't have done it if not for the manufacturing company's repeated pestering. Tommy, a previously convicted pedophile, revealed that the company, Cyberloves, Inc., emailed him over 20 times to receive a trial of their product. Each time, he tried to unsubscribe from their mailing list so as to not give into temptation, but eventually, he gave in to his curiosity with deadly results. In the end, the CEO of Cyberloves, [[Stanley Billings]], is found guilty as an accessory to the murder of the girl (although his attorney has filed an appeal), whilst Tommy is serving 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
   
 
== Cast ==
  
== Cast ==
 
=== Main cast ===
  
=== Main cast ===
 
* [[Christopher Meloni]] as [[Detective]] [[Elliot Stabler]]
  
* [[Christopher Meloni]] as [[Detective]] [[Elliot Stabler]]
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* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as [[Detective]] [[Olivia Benson]]
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* [[Mariska Hargitay]] as Detective [[Olivia Benson]]
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* [[Richard Belzer]] as [[Detective]] [[John Munch]]
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* [[Richard Belzer]] as Detective [[John Munch]]
 
* [[Stephanie March]] as [[Assistant District Attorney|A.D.A.]] [[Alexandra Cabot]]
  
* [[Stephanie March]] as [[Assistant District Attorney|A.D.A.]] [[Alexandra Cabot]]
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* [[Ice-T]] as [[Detective]] [[Odafin Tutuola]]
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* [[Ice-T]] as Detective [[Odafin Tutuola]]
 
* [[B.D. Wong]] as Dr. [[George Huang]]
  
* [[B.D. Wong]] as Dr. [[George Huang]]
 
* [[Dann Florek]] as [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]]
  
* [[Dann Florek]] as [[Captain]] [[Donald Cragen]]
   
 
=== Recurring cast ===
  
=== Recurring cast ===
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* [[John Cullum]] as [[Attorney]] [[Barry Moredock]]
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* [[John Cullum]] as [[Defense attorney|Defense Attorney]] [[Barry Moredock]]
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* [[Peter Hermann]] as [[Attorney]] [[Trevor Langan]]
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* [[Peter Hermann]] as Defense Attorney [[Trevor Langan]]
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* [[Tamara Tunie]] as Dr. [[Melinda Warner]]
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* [[Tamara Tunie]] as [[Medical examiner|M.E.]] [[Melinda Warner]]
 
* [[Sheila Tousey]] as [[Judge]] [[Danielle Larsen]]
  
* [[Sheila Tousey]] as [[Judge]] [[Danielle Larsen]]
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* [[Joel de la Fuente]] as [[TARU]] Technician [[Ruben Morales]]
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* [[Joel de la Fuente]] as [[Technical Assistance Response Unit|T.A.R.U.]] Technician [[Ruben Morales]]
   
 
=== Guest cast ===
  
=== Guest cast ===
 
* [[Eric Thal]] as [[Tommy Hedges]]
  
* [[Eric Thal]] as [[Tommy Hedges]]
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* [[Julie Boyd]] as Mrs. Lathan
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* [[Julie Boyd]] as Mrs. [[Lathan (Mrs.)|Lathan]]
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* [[Susan Kellermann]] as Mrs. Hedges
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* [[Susan Kellermann]] as Mrs. [[Hedges (Mrs.)|Hedges]]
 
* [[Paul Doherty]] as [[Jeff Lathan]]
  
* [[Paul Doherty]] as [[Jeff Lathan]]
 
* [[Brian Kerwin]] as [[Stanley Billings]]
  
* [[Brian Kerwin]] as [[Stanley Billings]]
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* [[Michael Hobbs]] as Mr. Roumel
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* [[Michael Hobbs]] as Mr. [[Roumel (Mr.)|Roumel]]
 
* [[Gabriel Millman]] as [[Kevin Roumel]]
  
* [[Gabriel Millman]] as [[Kevin Roumel]]
 
* [[Bailey Slattery]] as [[Amy Prescott]]
  
* [[Bailey Slattery]] as [[Amy Prescott]]
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* [[Ellen Whyte]] as Mrs. Prescott
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* [[Ellen Whyte]] as Mrs. [[Prescott (Mrs.)|Prescott]]
 
* [[Carolee Carmello]] as [[Sylvia Price]]
  
* [[Carolee Carmello]] as [[Sylvia Price]]
 
* [[Chan Casey]] as [[Rob Canotti]]
  
* [[Chan Casey]] as [[Rob Canotti]]
 
* [[Richard D'Alessandro]] as Bartender
  
* [[Richard D'Alessandro]] as Bartender
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* [[Scott Johnsen]] as [[Bomb Squad]] [[Detective]]
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* [[Scott Johnsen]] as Bomb Squad [[Detective]]
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* [[William Watkins]] as [[ESU]] [[Sergeant]]
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* [[William Oliver Watkins]] as [[Emergency Service Unit|ESU]] [[Sergeant]]
 
* [[Joe Rosario]] as Bus Driver
  
* [[Joe Rosario]] as Bus Driver
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* [[Sherry Anderson]] as Mrs. Macnamara
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* [[Sherry Anderson]] as Mrs. [[Macnamara (Mrs.)|Macnamara]]
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* [[Winslett Wilson]] as Stacey
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* [[Winslett Wilson]] as [[Stacey]]
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* [[Sean Sanders]] as Caleb
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* [[Sean Sanders]] as [[Caleb]]
 
* [[Stephanie Schweitzer]] as Girl
  
* [[Stephanie Schweitzer]] as Girl
 
* [[Jason Madera]] as Young Man
  
* [[Jason Madera]] as Young Man
 
* [[Sandy Moore]] as Jury Foreman
  
* [[Sandy Moore]] as Jury Foreman
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* [[David Barroso]] as Student (uncredited)
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* [[David Barroso]] as Student ''(uncredited)''
   
 
== References ==
  
== References ==
 
*[[Canada]]
  
*[[Canada]]
 
*[[California]]
  
*[[California]]
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*[[Cyberloves Incorporated]]
 
*[[Florida]]
  
*[[Florida]]
 
*[[Georgia]]
  
*[[Georgia]]
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*[[Jersey City]], [[New Jersey]]
 
*[[Louisiana]]
  
*[[Louisiana]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
  
*[[Mexico]]
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*[[Jersey City]], [[New Jersey]]
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*[[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]
 
*[[Oregon]]
  
*[[Oregon]]
 
*[[Texas]]
  
*[[Texas]]
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*[[Cherie Lathan]] {{c|victim}}
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*[[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]
  
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*''U.S. v. Barnett''
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*{{W|Osama bin Laden}}
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*{{W|Killing of JonBenét Ramsey|JonBenét Ramsey}}
   
 
== Quotes ==
  
== Quotes ==
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{{Quote2|We got ourselves a dead beauty queen.|{{Benson}}}}
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{{Conversation|Both parole officers claim they're squeaky clean.|Fin|Squeaky clean sex offender, now that's a new one.|Stabler}}
  
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{{Conversation|[''to the detectives''] You can't violate my civil liberties just because I've got a good imagination.|Kevin Roumel|He'll give you a sample.|Kevin's Father|You can't force me.|Kevin|Sure he can. Parental consent is all we need till you're sixteen.|{{Munch}}|This isn't fair. You fascists lay one finger on me, I will sue!|Kevin Roumel|Sit down, you little prick. [''pulls out a strand of Kevin's hair''] Will this do?|Kevin's Father}}
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{{Conversation|What do we know about these three upright citizens in Florida?|{{Stabler}}|Well, one died in a car crash, and the parole officers for the other two say they're squeaky clean.|{{Tutuola}}|Squeaky clean sex offender, now that's a new one.|Stabler}}
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{{Quote2|I don't like sweating old ladies. It offends my sense of decorum.|Fin}}
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:[''Analyzing Hedges' laptop and finds hidden child porn'']
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{{Conversation|His parole officer probably missed it. They were hidden by the s-tools software.|Morales|S-tools?|Benson|Yeah, s is short for stenography. From the Greek meaning hidden writing. Mainly used by spies to send concealed messages.|Morales|So, it just downloads child porn and disguises it with this... stegosaurus stuff.|Stabler}}
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{{Quote2|This is so wrong. You're saying the Constitution allows someone to publish a blueprint for child rape, as long as he calls it art?|Stabler}}
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{{Quote2|As the wise man once said, I can resist everything but temptation.|Cragen}}
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{{Conversation|Thousands of people are protesting the war and burning flags, you want to stomp on them, too? Where would it all end, Alex? Don't be upset. In this case, everybody won.|Barry Moredock|Not Cherie Lathan.|Cabot}}
   
 
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Latest revision as of 00:16, 14 November 2022

"Appearances"
← SVU, Episode 4.19 →
Production number: E3110
First aired: 28 March 2003
  th of 502 produced in SVU  
← th of 502 released in SVU →
  th of 1271 released in all  
Fin Warner Munch Appearances
Teleplay By
Stephen Belber

Story By
Stephen Belber,
Liz Friedman & Vanessa Place

Directed By
Alex Zakrzewski

The body of a pageant girl discovered in a suitcase on a bus puts the detectives on the hunt for a serial paedophile with a fetish for child pageants,

Summary

After what is thought to be an initial bomb threat on a Manhattan public bus the NYPD bomb squad uncovers an eight-year-old girl’s body found in a suitcase. The case is handed over to SVU and after discovering that the girl was a beauty queen the detectives hunt for a paedophile with a fetish for child pageants.

Plot

On a field trip, a student tells his teacher about a suitcase he found. The teacher immediately contacts NYPD to call the bomb squad out. The police find the body of a little girl inside the suit-case. The case is then handed over to Detectives Stabler and Benson. They discover that the girl was on the beauty pageant circuit.

The child's asphyxiated body is found with evidence of having been in the Everglades. The coroner found she had a quality nose job. Benson and Stabler find she was a regular beauty pageant contestant. The computer of a suspect, Tommy Hedges, is found with an instruction manual on how to kidnap, rape, and murder children. The manual is apparently perfectly legal, because it was created using legal-age models whose images were manipulated by software to make them look much younger.

Tommy confessed to the murder but says he wouldn't have done it if not for the manufacturing company's repeated pestering. Tommy, a previously convicted pedophile, revealed that the company, Cyberloves, Inc., emailed him over 20 times to receive a trial of their product. Each time, he tried to unsubscribe from their mailing list so as to not give into temptation, but eventually, he gave in to his curiosity with deadly results. In the end, the CEO of Cyberloves, Stanley Billings, is found guilty as an accessory to the murder of the girl (although his attorney has filed an appeal), whilst Tommy is serving 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.

Cast

Main cast

Recurring cast

Guest cast

References

Quotes

Benson: We got ourselves a dead beauty queen.
Kevin Roumel: [to the detectives] You can't violate my civil liberties just because I've got a good imagination.
Kevin's Father: He'll give you a sample.
Kevin: You can't force me.
Munch: Sure he can. Parental consent is all we need till you're sixteen.
Kevin Roumel: This isn't fair. You fascists lay one finger on me, I will sue!
Kevin's Father: Sit down, you little prick. [pulls out a strand of Kevin's hair] Will this do?
Stabler: What do we know about these three upright citizens in Florida?
Tutuola: Well, one died in a car crash, and the parole officers for the other two say they're squeaky clean.
Stabler: Squeaky clean sex offender, now that's a new one.
Fin: I don't like sweating old ladies. It offends my sense of decorum.
[Analyzing Hedges' laptop and finds hidden child porn]
Morales: His parole officer probably missed it. They were hidden by the s-tools software.
Benson: S-tools?
Morales: Yeah, s is short for stenography. From the Greek meaning hidden writing. Mainly used by spies to send concealed messages.
Stabler: So, it just downloads child porn and disguises it with this... stegosaurus stuff.
Stabler: This is so wrong. You're saying the Constitution allows someone to publish a blueprint for child rape, as long as he calls it art?
Cragen: As the wise man once said, I can resist everything but temptation.
Barry Moredock: Thousands of people are protesting the war and burning flags, you want to stomp on them, too? Where would it all end, Alex? Don't be upset. In this case, everybody won.
Cabot: Not Cherie Lathan.

Background information and notes

  • This episode was originally scheduled to air on March 21, 2003, but it was postponed to a later date due to media coverage of United States war in Iraq.

Episode scene cards

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Banner Hall
Garden City, Long Island
Tuesday, March 4

Prescott Residence
Valley Stream, Long Island
Tuesday, March 4

Jersey City Library
Jersey City, New Jersey
Wednesday, March 5

Manson & Branch
Ad Agency
481 Madison Avenue
Wednesday, March 5

5 6 7 8

Cyberloves Incorporated
Queens, New York
Thursday, March 6

Rikers Island
Interview Room
Friday, March 7

Trial Part 35
Tuesday, March 11

Trial Part 35
Wednesday, March 12

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